Triton XVII, Lot: 545. Estimate $3000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Faustus Cornelius Sulla. 56 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.05 g, 6h). Rome mint. Diademed bust of young Hercules right, wearing slight beard and lion skin; FEELIX downwards to left / Diana driving galloping biga right, holding reins in left hand and lituus in right; crescent above her head; two stars above, one star below horses; FAVSTVS below. Crawford 426/2 var. (position of obv. legend); Sydenham 881a var. (same); Kestner 3456 var. (two stars below horses); BMCRR Rome 3828-9 var. (same); Cornelia 60a; CNR Cornelia 81/1-2. Choice EF, lightly toned. Rare.